Condensation in the summer heat is a vile byproduct of an icy beverage. Unpleasant to the hand. Devastating to wood surfaces. You must use a coaster, but the condensation is so strong its surface tension lifts most coasters right off the bar. Then again, the Blanco Sandstone Coaster is not like most coasters.

What Is It?

It's a coaster, you animal. Use it. Like your mother told you.

Who's It For?

Thirsty summer guzzlers for whom no water is too icy, no beer too cold.

Design

It's a porous, hydrophilic 4-inch square rock with four foam feet at each corner. It leaves no scratch as it slides across furniture. It sucks condensation from the base of a frosty glass. It is a triumph of geologic engineering. Or it's just a rock. Whatever. It works really well.

Using It

Fill a glass with the best ice cubes of all time. Go crazy. Clear out the freezer. Pour a drink. Center the drinking glass directly on top of the coaster between sips.

Test Notes

The glass itself can sometimes retain and deliver a single, shockingly cold drip of condensation. This is especially surprising, but not altogether unpleasant, when drinking bare-chested on a hot afternoon.